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The caption for this 1945 image to accompany Daniel DeFoe's Robinson Crusoe reads: 'For a mile or thereabouts my raft went very well. 'The illustration is by N C Wyeth Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by the English novelist Daniel Defoe and published in 1719. A fictional autobiography, it tells the tale of an English castaway named Robinson Crusoe who spent 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela before he was rescued. Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by the English novelist Daniel Defoe and published in 1719. A fictional autobiography, it tells the tale of an English castaway named Robinson Crusoe who spent 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela before he was rescued. Newell Convers Wyeth, known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators.

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American illustrator man on raft shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Crusoe castaway fictional autobiography marooned sailor marooned castaway English novel English literature shipwrecked man n c wyeth American artist wyeth robinson crusoe 1719 1700s 18th century newell convers wyeth howard pyle American illustrator